mineola tournament

who were the standouts ? individual players and teams ?

Lindale was the team to beat but then I'm a little bias. Lindale pitching staff was the standout.

Some of the best competition was from the Marshalls, Sulphur Spring Astros, Metro Pirates.

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Originally posted by easttexasdad:
Lindale was the team to beat but then I'm a little bias. Lindale pitching staff was the standout.

Some of the best competition was from the Marshalls, Sulphur Spring Astros, Metro Pirates.

Maybe your son was on the Lindale pitching staff? The three best pitching staffs I saw were Lindale, Marshall, and Tyler Lee. My son played with the Marshall team and lost to Tyler Lee 2-1 and tied with Lindale 3-3. So yeah I would say that between all three teams not alot of runs were scored and all the pitchers did an excellent job. In fact, the pitching was very impressive.

I do agree that the Lindale folks did a great job on their part of the tournament. The field was in excellent condition. Since this was not really a "tournament" but more of a showcase type of event the 2 hour drop dead rule was great - we actually knew what time to be at the fields and we got home each night at a decent hour.

One question - how does Lindale High School get away with playing on such a small field? That is the most ridiculous size field I have ever seen. 350' to dead center and 300' down the lines (which I guarantee you that RF was NOT 300' but more like 280'). I would think that the UIL would have some kind of rule prohibiting playing high school games on a field like that. Pop flies to centerfield were potential home runs.

But it was a well run event and a credit to the folks at Lindale. Great competition too.

shoot, maybe my son needs to transfer to Lindale, he might hit a dinger every now and then

KD,

I've seen the Keller field and it's not much bigger!

Does "size" really matter.

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Originally posted by TT53:
KD,

I've seen the Keller field and it's not much bigger!

Oh, come on....our field is HUGE... You know, that big center field you could get lost in and that dreaded south wind doesn't carry any of the balls out once it starts warming up

Heck, look at my son, he's got sooooo many home runs hit at home.......

Actually, I wish my son played on a larger field. One that he could use his speed a little more in the outfield, and one that when he did hit it to the gap, he could get some extra bases on. He has never, and will never hit for power. Even though he thinks he's Johnathan Edwards Junior.

Just funnin with ya KD.
I hate the off season!

The Tyler Raiders were 4-0 in the tournament. They were made up of only 1 player not from Tyler Lee. Good tournament and I think it will be better next year. There was a lot of good talent. It was well ran.

Tyler Lee had no business winning the game against the majors... 13 runners left on base is what I heard.

I forgot to mention Tyler Raiders as one of the good competition. And a W is a W. Would of should of could of and Houston Astors would be World Champs.